StarCraft II Q&A Batch 51

[Josue]

Does it bother anyone else how ridiculous the Hydralisk's spine attack looks shooting up in a high arc, and then zooming down at it's target? They should be bullet-like and fire straight at the target, not be launched up like a mortar..


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Agreed. looks somewhat ugly.

ya but acording to lore they are shot at a so high speed, that they can move through any material even neo-steel and utralisk armor (even harder than neo-steel)

If we respect this, then an arc would mean they are not shot at "that" high speed rather need inclination to reach its trarget and wouldn't be able to do the damage it makes.

In SC1 there was no projectile anim, just hit impact animation, the same
for marine bullets, so it looked like marine and hydra projectiles were moving
at hell speed like. I personally liked that.(hydra only spit something green
that seemed to travel instantaneously.)

Id imagine that they did that to the hydra spines so that if they are attacking an air unit it doesnt look strange

I can only imagine that they have the attack animation and then the projectile as a separate animation that goes out and then zooms towards the enemy

if they shot it out straight then if it were to go for an air unit it would go straight then shoot up towards it. Instead of it just continuing upwards as it would be now

Sure they could just change it and make it different depending on if it was targeting a ground or air unit.. but hey... thats perfection.. this isnt valve we're talking about :P

Besides of all that, I've seen that they only shoot a pair of spines, while in SC1 you could see many spines impact the foe! I do hope they fix that animation.

[easyemail]

Yep the spines of the hydra looked weird. i hope when hydras attack air units, they dont shoot higher and ark back down. lol. omg gravity is so strong that those spines pull back down to hit targets. I wonder if its because in starcraft there wasnt any.. gravity but in starcraft 2 there is..you know theres trees in some maps..

[Freespace]

Editor in Beta? Now THAT's what I'm talking about.

[Perfecttear]

Interesting to note that they're definitely planning to include new features during the beta process ,and glad that the addition of the map editor turned out to be true.
If they would only post a date for the beta.

[Zabimaru]

Yes, even as the game gets patched, you will be able to watch replays of matches played on older versions.

I am so happy about this.

[Grrblt]

4. You have talked a bit about replay functions lately and since patches will come up definitely former replays won’t work if the system sticks with SC1 or W3. Do you plan on making changes here so that players can view older replays ever after patches occur?

Yes, even as the game gets patched, you will be able to watch replays of matches played on older versions.

I wonder if the reverse will be true; you've just installed version 1.0 of the game on your computer, you have a v1.05 replay saved on your computer from before and your internet connection is down so you can't upgrade your game. Hopefully you'd still be able to watch the replay.

[Nicol Bolas]

I wonder if the reverse will be true; you've just installed version 1.0 of the game on your computer, you have a v1.05 replay saved on your computer from before and your internet connection is down so you can't upgrade your game. Hopefully you'd still be able to watch the replay.

No, that's not how it will work. It's not magical forwards compatibility (being compatible with something that doesn't exist). What they will do is keep the old code for the AI (if they update it in patches) in the game, and switch based on the game's version.

[Alar]

Ah, the Q&A was updated. The most interesting bit I saw was that of the being able to use multiplayer and map editors during the beta. I sure hope I get in!

[Nottoway]

Jeez, Q&As don't really provide anything of value anymore.

I'm just happy about the replay feature not having to worry about current patch and allows players to watch games from the release to whatever current date.

[Bisso]

If they would only post a date for the beta.

Who cares of a date if you have it?! I want it now!

Am I the only one who is excited like a kid just like I was when SC2 was announced?